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HJRES 78 99th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Government trust funds Medicare Off-budget expenditures Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social Welfare Social security finance

A joint resolution to freeze spending in the budget of the United States at fiscal year 1985 levels and reduce deficits, and to accelerate the off-budget treatment of the Social Security trust funds.

Introduced: January 22, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 29, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Jan 29, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, Treasury.
Jan 22, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 22, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Jan 22, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Freezes all spending in the budget at FY 1985 levels beginning with FY 1986. Permits increased spending in any program if such spending is wholly offset by equivalent increases in revenue or reductions in spending in other programs.

Accelerates the treatment of the Social Security Trust Funds (the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund): (1) as a separate major functional category in the budget; and (2) as an exclusion from the totals of the budget.

What's happening now February 7, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 7, 1985
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 78: A joint resolution to freeze spending in the budget of the United States at fiscal year 1985 levels and reduce deficits, and to accelerate the off-budget treatment of the Social Security trust funds.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-78/
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"H.J. Res. 78: A joint resolution to freeze spending in the budget of the United States at fiscal year 1985 levels and reduce deficits, and to accelerate the off-budget treatment of the Social Security trust funds.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-78/.
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H.J. Res. 78, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HJRES-78/.
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